Gilles Deleuze (/dəˈluːz/; French: [ʒil dəløz]; 18 January 1925 – 4 November 1995) was a French

philosopher who, from the early 1950s until his death in 1995, wrote on philosophy, literature, film,
and fine art. His most popular works were the two volumes of Capitalism and Schizophrenia: Anti-
Oedipus (1972) and A Thousand Plateaus (1980), both co-written with psychoanalyst Félix Guattari.
His metaphysical treatise Difference and Repetition (1968) is considered by many scholars to be his
magnum opus.[2] An important part of Deleuze's oeuvre is devoted to the reading of other
philosophers: the Stoics, Leibniz, Hume, Kant, Nietzsche, and Bergson, with particular influence
derived from Spinoza.[14] A. W. Moore, citing Bernard Williams's criteria for a great thinker, ranks
Deleuze among the "greatest philosophers".[15] Although he once characterized himself as a "pure
metaphysician",[16] his work has influenced a variety of disciplines across the humanities, including
philosophy, art, and literary theory, as well as movements such as post-structuralism and
postmodernism.[17]
Gilles Deleuze (/dəˈluːz/; French: [ʒil dəløz]; 18 January 1925 – 4 November 1995) was a French
philosopher who, from the early 1950s until his death in 1995, wrote on philosophy, literature, film,
and fine art. His most popular works were the two volumes of Capitalism and Schizophrenia: Anti-
Oedipus (1972) and A Thousand Plateaus (1980), both co-written with psychoanalyst Félix Guattari.
His metaphysical treatise Difference and Repetition (1968) is considered by many scholars to be his
magnum opus.[2] An important part of Deleuze's oeuvre is devoted to the reading of other
philosophers: the Stoics, Leibniz, Hume, Kant, Nietzsche, and Bergson, with particular influence
derived from Spinoza.[14] A. W. Moore, citing Bernard Williams's criteria for a great thinker, ranks
Deleuze among the "greatest philosophers".[15] Although he once characterized himself as a "pure
metaphysician",[16] his work has influenced a variety of disciplines across the humanities, including
philosophy, art, and literary theory, as well as movements such as post-structuralism and
postmodernism.[17]
Gilles Deleuze (/dəˈluːz/; French: [ʒil dəløz]; 18 January 1925 – 4 November 1995) was a French
philosopher who, from the early 1950s until his death in 1995, wrote on philosophy, literature, film,
and fine art. His most popular works were the two volumes of Capitalism and Schizophrenia: Anti-
Oedipus (1972) and A Thousand Plateaus (1980), both co-written with psychoanalyst Félix Guattari.
His metaphysical treatise Difference and Repetition (1968) is considered by many scholars to be his
magnum opus.[2] An important part of Deleuze's oeuvre is devoted to the reading of other
philosophers: the Stoics, Leibniz, Hume, Kant, Nietzsche, and Bergson, with particular influence
derived from Spinoza.[14] A. W. Moore, citing Bernard Williams's criteria for a great thinker, ranks
Deleuze among the "greatest philosophers".[15] Although he once characterized himself as a "pure
metaphysician",[16] his work has influenced a variety of disciplines across the humanities, including
philosophy, art, and literary theory, as well as movements such as post-structuralism and
postmodernism.[17]